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Title: Evidence from FTIR Difference Spectroscopy That a Substrate H2O Molecule for O2 Formation in Photosystem II Is Provided by the Ca Ion of the Catalytic Mn4CaO5 Cluster

Abstract

The O2-producing Mn4CaO5 catalyst in photosystem II oxidizes two water molecules (substrate) to produce one O2 molecule. Considerable evidence supports the identification of one of the two substrate waters as the Mn4CaO5 cluster’s oxo bridge known as O5. The identity of the second substrate water molecule is less clear. In one set of models, the second substrate is the Mn-bound water molecule known as W2. In another set of models, the second substrate is the Ca2+-bound water molecule known as W3. In all of these models, a deprotonated form of the second substrate moves to a position next to O5 during the catalytic step immediately prior to O–O bond formation. Here, FTIR difference spectroscopy was employed to identify the vibrational modes of hydrogen-bonded water molecules that are altered by the substitution of Sr2+ for Ca2+. Our data show that the substitution substantially altered the vibrational modes of only a single water molecule: the water molecule whose D-O–D bending mode is eliminated during the catalytic step immediately prior to O–O bond formation. These data are most consistent with the identification of the Ca2+-bound W3 as the second substrate involved in O–O bond formation.

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  1. Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division
OSTI Identifier:
1534420
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SC0005291
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Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Biochemistry
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 56; Journal Issue: 20; Journal ID: ISSN 0006-2960
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Biochemistry & molecular biology; Molecules; Noncovalent interactions; Transition metals; Cluster chemistry; Water

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Kim, Christopher J., and Debus, Richard J. Evidence from FTIR Difference Spectroscopy That a Substrate H2O Molecule for O2 Formation in Photosystem II Is Provided by the Ca Ion of the Catalytic Mn4CaO5 Cluster. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.biochem.6b01278.
Kim, Christopher J., & Debus, Richard J. Evidence from FTIR Difference Spectroscopy That a Substrate H2O Molecule for O2 Formation in Photosystem II Is Provided by the Ca Ion of the Catalytic Mn4CaO5 Cluster. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.6b01278
Kim, Christopher J., and Debus, Richard J. Fri . "Evidence from FTIR Difference Spectroscopy That a Substrate H2O Molecule for O2 Formation in Photosystem II Is Provided by the Ca Ion of the Catalytic Mn4CaO5 Cluster". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.6b01278. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1534420.
@article{osti_1534420,
title = {Evidence from FTIR Difference Spectroscopy That a Substrate H2O Molecule for O2 Formation in Photosystem II Is Provided by the Ca Ion of the Catalytic Mn4CaO5 Cluster},
author = {Kim, Christopher J. and Debus, Richard J.},
abstractNote = {The O2-producing Mn4CaO5 catalyst in photosystem II oxidizes two water molecules (substrate) to produce one O2 molecule. Considerable evidence supports the identification of one of the two substrate waters as the Mn4CaO5 cluster’s oxo bridge known as O5. The identity of the second substrate water molecule is less clear. In one set of models, the second substrate is the Mn-bound water molecule known as W2. In another set of models, the second substrate is the Ca2+-bound water molecule known as W3. In all of these models, a deprotonated form of the second substrate moves to a position next to O5 during the catalytic step immediately prior to O–O bond formation. Here, FTIR difference spectroscopy was employed to identify the vibrational modes of hydrogen-bonded water molecules that are altered by the substitution of Sr2+ for Ca2+. Our data show that the substitution substantially altered the vibrational modes of only a single water molecule: the water molecule whose D-O–D bending mode is eliminated during the catalytic step immediately prior to O–O bond formation. These data are most consistent with the identification of the Ca2+-bound W3 as the second substrate involved in O–O bond formation.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.biochem.6b01278},
journal = {Biochemistry},
number = 20,
volume = 56,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 05 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri May 05 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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FIGURE 1 FIGURE 1: The Mn4CaO5 cluster and its environment showing three proposed water access/proton egress pathways each containing water molecules. Only selected residues are illustrated. Except as noted, the amino acid residues are from the D1 subunit. Salmon-colored spheres, manganese; yellow sphere, calcium; green sphere, chloride; red spheres, oxygen atoms ofmore » µ-oxo bridges and water molecules, including the water molecules coordinated to Mn4 (W1 and W2) and Ca2+ (W3 and W4) and other water molecules mentioned in the text (i.e., Wx and W5). The coordinates for this figure were constructed with QM/MM methods (10) starting from the coordinates in the 1.9 Å X-ray crystallographic model (1) and were kindly provided by V. S. Batista and coworkers.« less

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